Prior to the release of Windows Media Player in Windows 98 Second Edition, separate programs, CD Player, Deluxe CD Player, DVD Player and Media Player, were included in old versions of Microsoft Windows for playback of media files.

Prior to the release of Windows Mobile 2003, third-party software was developed using Microsoft's eMbedded Visual Tools, eMbedded Visual Basic ( eVB ) and eMbedded Visual C ( eVC ).

Prior to Visual C ++ 2005, the Platform SDK was the only way for programmers to develop 64-bit Windows applications.

Prior to SPSS 16. 0, different versions of SPSS were available for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix.

Prior to the release of Windows 2000, PWS was available as a free download as well as included on the Windows distribution CDs.

Prior to the advent of Windows, DOS applications would either communicate directly with the various pieces of hardware ( responding to interrupts, reading and writing device memory etc.

Prior versions are still available for earlier OSes back to Microsoft Windows 95.

Prior to that, Microsoft Windows used a tiling window manager.

Prior to Windows Vista, the Desktop Toolbars could be dragged off the taskbar and float independently, or docked to a display edge.

Prior to the acquisition of the product by Freescale Semiconductor, versions existed for Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii, Palm OS, Symbian OS, and even for BeOS.

Prior to Windows Vista ( and Windows Server 2008 ) this registration is performed by the DHCP Client service.

Prior to Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, the most common problem encountered with Microsoft's DNS server was cache pollution.

Prior to Microsoft's release of a security patch, the workaround for this issue was to turn off 16-bit application support, which prevented older programs ( those written for DOS and Windows 3. 1 ) from running.

Prior to Windows Vista, System Restore was based on a file-based filter that watched changes for a certain set of file extensions, and then copied files before they were overwritten.

Prior to versions 1. 0. 2. 0 and 1. 0. 2. 1 for the Windows release, many Windows Vista users had experienced compatibility and connection issues while using Hamachi.

Prior to the outbreak of the 1998 – 2000 Eritrean – Ethiopian War, landlocked Ethiopia mainly relied on the seaports of Asseb and Massawa in Eritrea for international trade.

Prior to that, Del Rio was the Baltimore Ravens linebackers coach, participating in that capacity on the Ravens ' record setting championship 2000 defense.

Prior to the 2000 election the media typically alternated which color represented which party each presidential election cycle.

Prior to becoming Chairman, he served as the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from March 2000 to September 2001.

Prior to 2000, the United States armed forces trained together with the UPDF as part of the African Crisis Response Initiative.

Prior to 2000, a County Sheriff's Department existed for the purpose of executing judicial warrants, prisoner transport, court security, Bailiff, and county and state executions.

Prior to 2000, a County Sheriff's Department existed for the purpose of executing judicial warrants, prisoner transport, and court security.

Prior to 2000, a County Sheriff's Department existed for the purpose of executing judicial warrants, prisoner transport, and court security.

Prior to the 2000 general elections, the PRI held its first primaries to elect the party's presidential candidate.

* Sebastian Wolff appointed Prior Administrator in January 2000

Prior to the 2000 census it was part of Perrine.

Prior publications introducing Western parents to this ancient practice include the booklet Conscious Toilet Training, by Laurie Boucke ( 1979 ), book Trickle Treat: Diaperless Infant Toilet Training Method, by Laurie Boucke ( 1991 ), a pamphlet entitled Elimination Timing, by Natec ( 1994 ), and the more extensive Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to Modern Living, by Laurie Boucke ( 2000 ).

Prior to its incorporation in May 2000, it was a census-designated place ( CDP ).

Prior to the 2000 census, Alderwood Manor was counted as part of the Alderwood Manor-Bothell North CDP.

Prior to 2000 Schneider Electric's head office was in Boulogne-Billancourt.

Prior to annexation and the 2000 census, the northern portions of Bothell which lie in Snohomish County were considered a part of the Alderwood Manor-Bothell North census-designated place.

There were doubts over the future of the band when Prior announced her departure in 1997, but Steeleye continued in a more productive vein than for many years, with Woods as lead singer, releasing Horkstow Grange ( 1998 ), and then Bedlam Born ( 2000 ).

Prior to the release of their debut album in 2000, they had already contributed songs to film soundtracks and made featurings on high profile albums.

Prior to December 2000 it was known as the Metropolitan Lounge.

Prior to the establishment of the prize in 2000, Beck's had sponsored several exhibitions of contemporary art in Britain by providing free beer.

Prior to research on the mounds in 2000, it was thought that Lophelia required a hard substratum for attachment.

Prior to his election to the Governor's office, Hoeven served as the President of the nation's only state-owned bank, the Bank of North Dakota, from 1993 to 2000.

Coincidentally, Hawpe, when playing for LSU in the 2000 College World Series, had hit a three-run home run off Prior that eliminated USC from contention that year.

Prior to the ACT gaining self-government in 1989, ACT and NT casual Senate vacancies were the subject of a different law: section 9 of the Senate ( Representation of Territories ) Act 1973, as amended by the Senate ( Representation of Territories ) Amendment Act 1980.

Prior to the 1977 referendum, residents within the Northern Territory ( NT ) and the Australian Capital Territory ( ACT ) did not vote at referendums.

Prior to the season, Frank Robison, the Spiders owner, bought the St. Louis Browns, thus owning two clubs at the same time.

Prior to the 1899 season, Frank Robison, the Spiders owner, bought the St. Louis Browns, thus owning two clubs simultaneously.

Prior to the 20th century, it was a commonly-held belief that nature itself was simple and that simpler hypotheses about nature were thus more likely to be true.

Prior to the development of the Boehm system, flutes were most commonly made of wood, with an inverse conical bore, eight keys, and tone holes ( the openings where the fingers are placed to produce specific notes ) that were small in size, and thus easily covered by the fingertips.

The Court further clarified that the tribal residents were thus residents of the City of Prior Lake entitled to vote in municipal elections and to emergency police, fire, and rescue services.

Prior to that the county seat had moved several times, often with heated debate, thus the centralized location hoping to bring " harmony " to all concerned.

Prior to their introduction, mass produced automotive finishes were limited in colour, with Japan Black being the fastest drying and thus most popular.

Prior to the 5th century, Armenians had their own spoken language, but it was not written, thus The Bible and Liturgy were written in Greek or Syriac rather than Armenian.

Prior to 1827 the First Lord of the Treasury also held the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer unless he was a peer and thus barred from that office ; in this case, the Second Lord of the Treasury usually served as Chancellor.

Prior to the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 ( and continuing to the present day ), it was fairly common for a provincial law to be challenged on the grounds that it was a criminal statute, and thus ultra vires or beyond the province's legislative authority.

Prior to 2003, the most recent sighting was in 1999, mainly because it is a nocturnal burrower, living underground, and thus is very rarely seen.

Peat was thus credited as being the first Grand Prior of the association, though this is not mentioned in any of his obituaries, leading W. B. H.

Prior to being president, he led the Eritrean People's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) to victory in May 1991, thus ending the 30-year-old armed liberation struggle for Eritrean independence.

Prior to the start of the 1999 season, Dunn Tire, a local chain of retail tire outlets, became the naming rights holder for the stadium, thus the name Dunn Tire Park.

While Prior doctrines allow for water to be sold away from the basin of origin, the acequia system prohibits the transference of water from the watershed in which it is situated and thus considers water as an " asset-in-place ".

Prior to China's entry into WTO – and thus the WFOEs – EJVs predominated.

Prior to the game, Ranger manager Doug Rader named Jim Bibby as his starting pitcher, stating that " he's the heaviest man in the world, and thus will be unaffected by the wind.

Prior to 2002, Camp Hyrule was limited to the 500-2000 registrants, thus causing intense competition and often overloading the servers.

Prior to this, Slane Castle had been in the possession of the Flemings, Anglo-Norman Catholics who had aligned themselves with the Jacobites in the War of the Grand Alliance, and thus after the Williamite victory, their property was eligible for confiscation.

Prior to this rule, foul balls were not counted as strikes: thus a batter could foul off a countless number of pitches with no strikes counted against him, the exception being on bunt attempts.

Prior to 1973, neither New Zealand nor Australia exercised systematic control over immigration from the main Commonwealth nations ( principally the United Kingdom and Canada ), and New Zealanders and Australians were thus free to move between each country under informal arrangements.

Prior to the election, Joina stated that the party only possessed one campaign vehicle and thus party activists had to move by foot to reach voters.

Prior to his role on Primetime Glick, Adrian had been admiring Jiminy from afar for many years, but had been laid up with a skin condition, thus putting him out of work.

Prior to the graduation party, Veronica had realized that not only had Cassidy Casablancas raped her ( thus giving her chlamydia ), but that he was personally responsible for bus crash that killed 8 of his fellow students in " Normal is the Watchword.